KARACHI, April 22: Fisherman community staged a demonstration and sit-in at Hawkesbay, Keamari Town, on Sunday to demand supply of adequate drinking water to their localities.

They also clashed with police when the latter intervened to clear the Keamari Road which remained blocked by the sit-in for four hours.

Chanting slogans against the authorities concerned, the protesters deplored that their localities in Gabopat UC was grossly neglected in the provision of basic facilities. The demonstration was organised by the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum.

Interestingly, the picnickers on way to Hawkesbay Beach stopped at the venue of the protest and join in the protest and many of them were seen raising slogans along with the protesters, who had come from Deh Allah Banu, Lal Bakhar, Mann, Mandiari, Chhatara and several other villages.

PFF Chairman Mohammad Ali Shah, speaking on this occasion, declared that the campaign would continue until the 300 fishermen villages of Keamari were provided with water and basic amenities.

Mubarak Singho, Nazim of UC-8 Gabopat, also addressed the protesters.—PPI